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fore-strength

noun

Etymology

From fore- + strength.

  1. inherited from *strangiþu✻
  2. inherited from strengþu
  3. inherited from strengthe
  4. prefixed as fore-strength — “fore + strength”

Definitions

  1. That which leads to or engenders strength.

    • Saying "Thermopylae" he thought "Leonidas." "Ay, of course; who knows not that?" The man was puzzled at Aristodemos's sudden wrath. "They gave their lives — those men — every one of them. They were the fore-strength of Salamis.
    • Somewhere within my blood Is the fore-strength of peace

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